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El Dorado Community Health Center - South Lake Tahoe — South Lake Tahoe, CA

El Dorado Community Health Center - South Lake Tahoe is a community health center clinic at 3443 Lake Tahoe Blvd, South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150, open 40 hours a week. That matches the 40-hour week of a typical California clinic. It is run by El Dorado County Community Health Center, which serves 11,810 patients across 4 clinic locations.

Address: 3443 Lake Tahoe Blvd, South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150 · Directions
Phone: (530) 621-7700
Weekly hours: 40 (California clinic median: 40)
Operated by: El Dorado County Community Health Center (federally qualified health center)
Care offered by this health center: primary care, dental care, mental health care, substance use treatment, eye exams, children’s checkups, women’s health, and telehealth

Fees are on a sliding scale. What you pay at El Dorado Community Health Center - South Lake Tahoe depends on your income and household size, and the clinic bills Medicaid, Medicare and private insurance. Care is not free, and every patient is seen regardless of ability to pay. Among El Dorado County Community Health Center patients, 5% are uninsured, 64% have Medicaid or CHIP, 19% have Medicare and 12% have private insurance. Call (530) 621-7700 to book and ask about your plan. How sliding-fee pricing works.

Care and screenings at El Dorado County Community Health Center

Patients came to El Dorado County Community Health Center for these services in 2025. The numbers cover the whole health center, not only this clinic.

Service	Patients	What it counts
Dental care	3,834	patients had dental exams
Mental health care	4,319	patients treated for depression or anxiety
Substance use treatment	303	patients in treatment
Eye exams	415	patients had eye exams
Well-child visits	572	children had checkups
Flu shots	1,068	patients vaccinated
Cervical cancer screening	555	patients tested
Breast cancer screening	957	patients screened
Family planning	393	patients served
Diabetes care	1,136	patients with diabetes
Blood pressure care	2,005	patients with hypertension
Asthma care	533	patients with asthma
HIV testing	417	patients tested
Hepatitis C testing	616	patients tested
Childhood lead tests	57	children tested

El Dorado County Community Health Center also provides care by telehealth.

Who El Dorado County Community Health Center serves

11,810 patients used El Dorado County Community Health Center in 2025. 55% live at or below the poverty line and 98% are at or below twice the poverty line. 694 patients were experiencing homelessness and 352 were veterans.

Measure	This center	CA median	U.S. median	vs CA
Patients at or below the poverty line	55%	75%	65%	−20 pts
Patients at or below 200% of the poverty line	98%	95%	92%	+2 pts

Measure	This center	CA median	U.S. median	vs CA
Uninsured patients	5%	8%	14%	−2 pts
Medicaid or CHIP patients	64%	71%	42%	−7 pts
Medicare patients	19%	8%	11%	+11 pts
Privately insured patients	12%	10%	24%	+2 pts

Quality of care at El Dorado County Community Health Center

El Dorado County Community Health Center is at or above the California median on 2 of 7 preventive-care measures. Higher is better on every line.

Measure	This center	CA median	U.S. median	vs CA
Adults with high blood pressure under control	61%	68%	68%	−7 pts
Women 52–74 screened for breast cancer	59%	59%	54%	−1 pts
Women 24–64 screened for cervical cancer	60%	60%	54%	In line
Adults 46–75 screened for colorectal cancer	49%	44%	44%	+6 pts
Patients 12+ screened for depression	78%	68%	77%	+9 pts
Adults assessed for tobacco use	77%	86%	86%	−9 pts
High-risk adults on statin therapy	73%	79%	79%	−6 pts